Bats ‘boiled’ alive as extreme temperatures leave hundreds dead

Devastating: Dead bats from the Campbelltown colony. Picture: Help Save the Wildlife and Bushlands in Campbelltown

Hundreds of dead bats were scattered on the ground and left dangling from trees after extreme heat decimated a Campbelltown colony.

While most Campbelltown residents did all they could to escape the heat on Sunday, several WIRES volunteers descended on the colony near Campbelltown train station as part of a mass rescue and body collection mission.